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The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in the 1930s. The artifact was ...
The New York Times18d
Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
The head of a griffin from 7th century B.C. is believed to have been taken from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s and later sold on the art market. By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
The Art Newspaper16d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a bronze griffin’s head from the seventh century BC to Greece after it was found to have been stolen from a museum there in the 1930s. The cast-bronze ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in ...